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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
James John Kelly, Oakland, CA (US);
Steven Howard Goods, Livermore, CA (US);
Nancy Yuan-chi Yang, Lafayette, CA (US);
Charles Henry Cadden, Danville, CA (US);
James John Kelly, Oakland, CA (US);
Steven Howard Goods, Livermore, CA (US);
Nancy Yuan-Chi Yang, Lafayette, CA (US);
Charles Henry Cadden, Danville, CA (US);
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for electrodepositing a low stress nickel-manganese multilayer alloy on an electrically conductive substrate is provided. The process includes the steps of immersing the substrate in an electrodeposition solution containing a nickel salt and a manganese salt and repeatedly passing an electric current through an immersed surface of the substrate. The electric current is alternately pulsed for predetermined durations between a first electrical current that is effective to electrodeposit nickel and a second electrical current that is effective to electrodeposit nickel and manganese. A multilayered alloy having adjacent layers of nickel and a nickel-manganese alloy on the immersed surface of the substrate is thereby produced. The resulting multilayered alloy exhibits low internal stress, high strength and ductility, and high strength retention upon exposure to heat.